Monday 23rd, Nilphamari and Giabandha (northern Bangladesh) “The last two days I have spent with The Leprosy Mission, visiting their hospital and vocational training centre in Nilphamari yesterday, and seeing their Integration work at a government hospital in Giabandha. The TLM hospital is a place of peace, an oasis of calm and beauty in this…
Saturday morning I woke up early and got picked up at 6am by the staff of the Child Sight Foundation. We drove the three hours north to their project centre in Sirajgonj, crossing over the longest bridge in the country, 3km wide over a river that looked more like a sea… CSF works hard to…
Friday 20 March, Dhaka “We went to one slum district in Dhaka and weaved our way between the shacks made of wood and iron. Then the path became a bridge made of rickety bamboo, two metres above a pool of many things I did not want to contemplate. ‘Don’t drop anything you want to keep’…
Thursday 19th March, Dhaka “I’m here. It is hot. I had forgotten what heat felt like. I breathe in hot air and already my face is damp. But it is nice after the long cold dark Brussels winter. Of course it is only 9.45am, so maybe I’ll take that back in a few hours. It…
I’m back in Europe, a whole three hours. I am tired, in need of a looong bath and an even longer sleep. Bangladesh is a fascinating country, like no where I have been before. Lots of stories and photos coming very soon I promise.
I am in denial that I leave in four days. Most of the trips I have made in the past have been planned months and months in advance, usually because I was an impoverished student and a) needed to book the tickets years in advance to get them cheap enough and b) needed the thought…